The Best Rappers In Movies Over The Years Hip-hop’s influence on cinema is undeniable, with rappers-turned-actors making significant contributions to the film industry. From early hip-hop films like “Wild Style” and “Beat Street” to modern blockbusters, rappers like Queen Latifah, Tupac, and LL Cool J have showcased their acting skills. Notable performances include Queen Latifah’s […]
Beyonce will return to the Met Gala for the first time in a decade next year. She has been named one of the event’s co-chairs along with Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman and Anna Wintour. Beyonce last walked the Met Gala steps in 2016. The night’s theme has been announced as “Costume Art” while the formal […]
Rolling Stone is out with its list of the “250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century , it’s a wide-ranging mix of different styles, different beats, different voices. Some of these songs are universally beloved hits; others are influential cult classics. But this list sets out to capture the full chaotic glory of 21st-century music, one […]
Jay-Z Responds To Rumors About Working On New Music Jay-Z is responding to reports about him working on new music. The rapper personally reached out to Cash Cobain and Memphis Bleek to correct their statements about his alleged upcoming album. Taking to X, Cobain wrote that he had gotten off the phone with Hov, who […]
Temple University in the city of brotherly love will offer a class on Kendrick Lamar this fall, taught by professor Timothy Welbeck. The course, titled Kendrick Lamar and the Morale of M.A.A.D City, will explore Lamar’s music and its impact on his life and career. Welbeck has been using Lamar’s music in his classes for […]
Combined, the five acts have 19 No. 1 albums and 43 Grammy awards between them.
Billboard has reported that following Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize win for his album, DAMN., the album saw a 236 percent spike on the charts. According to Rap-Up, the week after the Pulitzer announcement, DAMN. sold 11,000 copies. The week prior, K-Dot sold 1,000 units. The album has sold 1.1 million copies since its release last April. That is amazing.
The nominations for the 2018 Billboard Music Awards are here and as expected, the artists whose music dominates the radio airwaves are the ones who lead with the most nominations—meaning Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Cardi B.are in the lead. Earlier, the nominees for the 2018 Billboard Music Awards were announced by Khalid and Bebe Rexha live on NBC’s Today. […]
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For his third studio album, Kendrick Lamar is focusing on a higher calling.
The Grammy Awards, and pretty much any other “mainstream” (read white dominated) music awards show, tends to give black artists ghettoized accolades--“urban” “R&B” and “hip-hop” awards but never the “pop” awards – “Video of the Year” “Song of the Year,” “Album of the Year,” etc.
As the time has come again for us to honor those whose work in the fields of television, music, literature, film and social justice shone so brightly via the 48th Annual NAACP Image Awards, we’d like to take a moment to express our gratitude for those who made a tough year so much easier to survive.